diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 84a0f0b..8c81ad3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 7 * * *' # run at 7 AM UTC every day
   push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'README.md'
+      - 'docs/*.md'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
       - develop
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'README.md'
+      - 'docs/*.md'
 jobs:
 
   pymakeCI-os-intel:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pymake-gcc.yml b/.github/workflows/pymake-gcc.yml
index 9b4d909..81d2a82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pymake-gcc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pymake-gcc.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 7 * * *' # run at 7 AM UTC every day
   push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'README.md'
+      - 'docs/*.md'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
       - develop
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'README.md'
+      - 'docs/*.md'
 jobs:
 
   pymakeCI-os-gcc:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pymake-linting-install.yml b/.github/workflows/pymake-linting-install.yml
index fdd66be..dca94a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pymake-linting-install.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pymake-linting-install.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
   push:
   pull_request:
     branches:
+      - master
       - develop
 jobs:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pymake-requests.yml b/.github/workflows/pymake-requests.yml
index 7418fcc..e1bdc1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pymake-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pymake-requests.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 7 * * *' # run at 7 AM UTC every day
   push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'README.md'
+      - 'docs/*.md'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
       - develop
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'README.md'
+      - 'docs/*.md'
 jobs:
 
   pymakeCI-requests:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f732e0..6351c29 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -230,14 +230,14 @@ To install pymake using conda type:
 conda install -c conda-forge mfpymake
 ```
 
-To install pymake directly from the git repository type:
+To install the latest pymake release directly from the git repository type:
 
 ```
 pip install https://github.com/modflowpy/pymake/zipball/master
 ```
 
-To update your version of pymake with the latest from the git repository type:
+To update your version of pymake with the latest development version from the git repository type:
 
 ```
-pip install https://github.com/modflowpy/pymake/zipball/master --upgrade
+pip install https://github.com/modflowpy/pymake/zipball/develop --upgrade
 ```
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index ad7f101..6775b1f 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ To install a stable version from PyPI:
 pip install mfpymake
 ```
 
-To install pymake directly from the git repository type:
+To install the latest pymake release directly from the git repository type:
 
 ```
 pip install https://github.com/modflowpy/pymake/zipball/master
 ```
 
-To update your version of pymake with the latest from the git repository type:
+To update your version of pymake with the latest development version from the git repository type:
 
 ```
-pip install https://github.com/modflowpy/pymake/zipball/master --upgrade
+pip install https://github.com/modflowpy/pymake/zipball/develop --upgrade